Sorry, no, I have never said I’m anti-women. I have got absolutely nothing against women. Who cooks my lunch? Who cooks my dinner? How did my wonderful three children appear? Women, you can’t do without them. My god, take my wife.

He was then asked what she does for a living:

What does she do? She looks after me. Looks after the children. Runs the house.

There is of course nothing wrong with it. However to make these sort of comments just before a re-selection meeting that has been triggered under circumstances where accusations of sexism have been made was unwise to say the least. It also seems to be an odd way of stating he is "pro-women". I'm clearly not the only one who thinks so - is Benedict Brogan a girl-power feminist?

Also, posting this was at least in part an excuse to link to that Harry Enfield sketch!